Archive for May, 2016

By Robb Mandelbaum Two weeks ago, in a post marking the inauguration of the new equity crowdfunding industry, I interviewed the founder of one of the first companies to launch its equity crowdfunding campaign. I didn’t realize it at the time, but when David Baird of Gigmor agreed to speak with me, he may have […]

By Henry Truc At a capital raise workshop for startup entrepreneurs this week, industry professionals discussed some of the more nuanced growing pains of the early stages of Reg A+ and Title III Equity Crowdfunding. Hosted by OTC Markets Group, theConsumers as Investors: Redefining Financing Options for Entrepreneurs event provided some candid discussions on factors […]

By Josh Cline On May 16th, Title III of the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act came into effect. This final ruling expanded the capabilities of equity crowdfunding platforms, allowing non-accredited investors the opportunity to privately invest in companies for the first time in over 80 years. Title III poses significant shifts for the early-stage […]

By Zalmi Duchman Earlier this week, after four years in the making, Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (JOBS) Act finally came into law. Title III, the new equity crowdfunding rule, gives entrepreneurs and small business owners the right to raise up to $1 million in capital from non-accredited investors. This means it […]

By DOUGLAS FINK Could Elio Motors, a maker of a quirky three-wheeled car, be the model for the future of corporate finance? The Phoenix startup has created a sexy, high-mileage, low-cost, car, which–yes–will sport three wheels. More importantly, perhaps, last month it became the first crowd funded company to be traded publicly, eventually rising to […]

By SUSANNA KIM Starting today, companies using crowdfunding websites to raise money can offer stock options to donors. More than four years after equity crowdfunding was signed into law through the 2012 JOBS Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission is permitting start-ups to offer stock in their companies to the investing public through consumer-facing websites. […]

By Robb Mandelbaum This afternoon, the mothers and fathers of the nascent — but still somehow long-suffering — equity crowdfunding industryare gathering to celebrate its birth with a demonstration on Capitol Hill. No, it’s not a protest — rather, some of the upstart fundraisers plan to show off their shiny new technology to officials from […]

By Rod Turner The SEC’s new Title III Equity CrowdFunding rules go into effect May 16th. These new rules expand Equity CrowdFunding to allow main street investors to invest in private startup companies as a key part of the JOBS Act. In June 2015, the SEC also enabled groundbreaking new rules called Regulation A+ (or […]

By Laura Shin If you’ve always dreamed of getting in on the ground floor of the next Facebook FB -0.24% or Google GOOGL -0.71%, it seems your opportunity has finally arrived. Monday, new rules allow anyone, even those earning less than $100,000 a year or having a net worth less than that, to invest in […]

By Loren Feldman Technology Here’s how Jeff Bezos reinvented the 140-year-old Washington Post, whose website passed the New York Times’ site in unique visitors last October: “The Post now has a growing team of 700 staff members, including an engineering team that nearly tripled over the past two years. Bezos says The Post’s engineering team […]

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